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Parenting
John Rosemond

The principal of a middle school recently confided in me that "this bullying thing has gotten completely out of hand." He wasn't referring to bullying itself, although that's certainly out of hand. Instead, he referred to the fact that many parents have become overly sensitized to the possibility that their kids might become bullied and overreact, therefore, to any indication that they have been.

"You wouldn't believe what parents think is bullying," he said, and went on to describe some examples. One involved a mother who complained that a boy had poured a small amount of dry snack mix down ...